• Do-It-Yourself Mandolin from Jeremy Chapman

    Jeremy Chapman, mandolinist with The Chapmans and co-proprietor with his two brothers of The Acoustic Shoppe, a full-service bluegrass music store in Springfield, MO, has a new book with Hal Leonard titled Do-It-Yourself Mandolin. Like all of the books in Hal

  • Gene Horner passes

    Gene Horner in his shop (12/6/16) - photo © Hollie Deese, Nashville Interiors Well-known east Tennessee violin maker and luthier Gene Horner died on January 14 at the Ben Atchley Tennessee Veteran's Home in Knoxville, TN He was 91 years of

  • Winner Every Time from Casey Penn

    For her latest single, bluegrass singer and songwriter Casey Penn has chosen an acoustic swing number she wrote with Larry Cordle, Daniel Crabtree, and Keith Ward Eudy called Winner Every Time. It's a cheery song about a woman who is living

  • Route 3 releases Your Love Is A Miracle

    Pinecastle Records has a new single for Missouri's Route 3, one from their current album, Just Believe. It's their remake of Your Love Is A Miracle, written by Bill Kenner and Mark Wright for country artist Mark Chestnutt, who included on

  • Liz Janssen passes

    This remembrance of noted Netherlands musician Liz Janssen is a contribution from Silvia Fledderus. On January 5th, our dear friend Liz Janssen passed away at the age of 52.  Liz, daughter of Rienk and Joke Janssen, was raised in Harpel, at the